Hanging of doors



F. J. KUBLER HANGING OF DOORS Nov. 7, i933.

Filed Deo. 5, 1931 Patented Nov. 7, 1933 HANGING oF DooRs Frederick J. Kubler, ,New York, N. Y., as'signor to A. S. Campbell Company,` East Boston,Y

Mass.,

a corporation of Massachusetts Application December 5, 1931.YK Serial No. 579,128A v 6 claims. (o1. 296-5-44) This invention relates to the hanging of doors of which the hinge jambsare not vertical and addresses itself particularly to the problem 'of bodies of closed automotive vehicles. The object is to provide means for hanging a door to a supporting pillar or jamb which is not perpendicular in such manner that the door may swing about a vertical axis and yet will be adequately supported throughout its height. My invention will be well understood by reference to the following description of an illustrative embodiment thereof shown by, way of example in the accompanying drawing, wherein:-

Fig. 1 is a partial side elevation of a closed automobile showing the door hinged to the body pillar at the cowl; and

Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2-2 and 3 3 respectively but showing the door ajar 20 and are on a larger scale.

Referring to the drawing, I have there shown an automobile having a body hinge pillar 5, the portion of which rising from the cowl above the belt slants rearwardly, as seen in Fig. 1, to accommodate a slanting windshield 7. This body pillar forms a part of a door case and with the door received therein forms a door joint along a broken line, as seen in Fig. 1. It is considered desirable to hinge the forward door of a vehicle of this nature to the front pillar. In many constructions at the present day embodying a slanting Windshield the door has been supported by means of a multiplicity of hinges below the belt where the door joint is straight and vertical, leaving the upper portion of the door unsupported. This is objectionable as the door is not supported throughout its length and is likely to sag and may rattle in its case.

I have herein shown a door 9 having the hinge pillar 11 and provided with an overlap flange 15 held supported from the body pillar 5 by means of upper, middle and lower hinges 17, 19 and 21 respectively. The hinge axis defined by these hinges is a vertical one and, when said axis and the broken line of the door joint are vprojected on a common plane substantially parallel to the door case such as the plane of the paper in the drawing, the said axis intersects the broken line of the door joint, lying forwardly of the same at the location of the upper hinge 17 and rearwardly of the same at the location of the lower hinge 21 and herein also at the location of the middle hinge 19. The upper hinge 17, as seen in Fig. 2, may comprise a pivot carried by the body pillar 5, preferably within the projected outline thereof as shown, and here- 1in supported by the forwardly cranked end 22 of a leaf or strap 23 vsecured to the rearward or inner face of the' door hinge pillar, the hinge I17 shown being of the well known butt type. Co-

operating with the pivot 20 is a strap 25 secured to the outer face of the door hinge pillar 11 and having a cranked portion 27 extending forwardly and exteriorly and provided with knuckles cooperating with the pivot 19. Preferably the cranked portion 27, as best shown in Fig.v 2, extends beneath the overlap flange 15 so that the line of the same, as seen in Fig. 1, is not broken. The application of paint colors to thev body in an attractive manner is facilitated by the continuous and unbroken surface at this point.v

The lower hinge 2l (and the description herein applies also to the central hinge 19), as shown in Fig. 3, may comprise a pivot 29 supported from the door rearwardly of the door joint and exteriorly of the face of the door, herein by the rearwardly cranked end 31 of the leaf or strap 33 secured to the door hinge pillar 11. Cooperating with the pivot 29 is a strap 35 secured to the rear face of the body hinge pillar 5 and having a rearwardly cranked end 37 terminally provided with knuckles receiving the pivot 29.

Referring to Fig. 2, I have there shown the cranked portion 27 as closing into the same plane as the cranked portion 21 so that when the door is closed the two halves of the hinge interlock. This is a great aid in relieving the hinge pin from the work of carrying all the weight of the door. Similarly the cranked parts 31 and 37 may close into the same plane, as indicated in Fig. 3.

By the construction described the door is supported throughout its length on strongand simple hinges and pivots about a vertical line. The upper hinge 17 is relatively inconspicuous and by virtue of the position of the hinge line as described may conveniently be organized as shown within the projected outline of the pillar 5. While an offset is provided in all three hinges, it is in each case comparatively short since the variation from the vertical due to the design of the door joint is in part taken up by the offsetting of the upper hinge and in part by the offsetting of the lower hinges.

In the present description and in the accompanying claims I have attempted to use the Words interior and exterior with reference to the Vehicle as a whole and the words inner and outer with reference to the door as a structure in itself. I have also used such a word as forwardly with reference to the particular construction shown in the drawing. It will be clear, however, that the significance of these words is relative and descriptive of the embodiment illustrated rather than definitive of the scope of the invention.

I am aware that the invention may be ernbodied in otherspecic forms without-departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive; reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim: y

1. In combination with a door case and a door received therein, upper and lower portions of the door joint on the hingeside Vbeing offset in the plane of the door case, means hinging the door about an axis in a plane transverse of the door case and intermediate of said portions comprising hinges. of the butt type having leaves cranked in opposite directions. y ,o

2.- In a closed vehicle having abody hinge pillar sloping rearwardly above the belt, a door hinged thereto and forming therewith a door joint along a broken line, said door having an overlap flange and means hinging said door about an exerior axis forward of theupper edge of said joint and including a hinge at the upper part of the door having a leaf extending. out beneath said ange without intersecting the same.

- 3. In combination with a door case and a door received therein, upper and lower portions of the door joint on the hinge side being laterally offset, means hinging the door about an axis in a plane intermediate of said portions comprising hinges of the .butt type having leaves cranked in op'- posite directions, the cranked portions of the upper hinge adjacent the knuckle closing into common planes.

4. In a closed vehicle having a body hinge pillar sloping rearwardly above the belt, a door hinged thereto and forming therewith a door joint alonga broken line, coaxial hinges for said door adjacent the top and bottom thereof respectively, the axis of the upper hinge lying forwardly of the door joint and within 'the projected .outline of the body pillar and the axis of the bottom hinge lying rearwardly of the door joint.

5. In combination with a door case and a door received therein and defining therewith on the hinge side a door joint out of the perpendicular, means for hinging the same about a vertical axis, which axis, when it and the line of the door joint are projected on a common plane substantially parallel to the door case, intersects the line of the door joint and lies in part on the case side thereof and in part on the door side and comprising a hinge having its pivot'fdisposed atthe case side of the joint and a hinge having its pivot disposed `at the door side of the joint.

6. In a closed vehicle having a'body hingepilhinged thereto and formingtherewith a door joint along a .broken line, the hinging means comprising a pivot supported by said pillar laterally thereof and adjacent its upper. end and a pivot supported by the lower half of said door inwardly from the edge thereof, a strap extending outwardly and'forwardly-from the door pillar and coopera ing with said rst pivot, and a strap extendingrearwardly from the body pillar and over the face of the door cooperating with said second pivot.

FREDERICK J. KUBLER.

Vlar sloping rearwardly above the belt, a door' 

